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Coat of Arms
The Taylor coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eight and ninth centuries. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms.
The distinguished surname Taylor is one of the many names that came to England in the wake of the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name is derived from the Old French "tailleor" or "tailleur," meaning "a tailor."
Spelling variations of this family name include: Taylor, Taylour, Taylur, Tailler, Taillefer and many more.
First found in Somerset, and in Kent where they were granted lands by King William for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Achsah Taylor, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630; James Taylor, who emigrated Dumfries to Virginia in the 1600's, Abraham Taylor, who settled in Virginia in 1664.
Some noteworthy people of the name Taylor
* Elizabeth Taylor (1932-) English actress
* Gre Taylor (contemporary) Australian sculptor
* Liz Taylor (1932-) Eng/Am actress
* Lawrence Taylor (1959-) American football player
* Shaw Taylor (1924-) British TV commentator
* Cora Taylor (19th c) American prostitute
* Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) American poet
* Billy Taylor (1921-) jazz musician
* Cecil Taylor (1933-) jazz musician
* Rod Taylor (1929-) Australian actor
* Rip Taylor (1930-) American comedian/entertainer
* James Taylor (1948-) American singer
* Gertrude Taylor (1923-) American tennis player
* Billy Taylor (1921-) jazz musician
* Margaret Smith Taylor (1788-1852) wife of president Taylor
* George Taylor (1716-1781) Irish signer of declaration of Independence
* Alan John Percivale Taylor (1906-1990) English historian
* Alfred Edward Taylor (1869-1945) English scholar
* James Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) American travel-writer
* Brook Taylor (1685-1731) English mathematician
* Cecil Percival Taylor (1933-) American avant garde pianist
* Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) English novelist
* Ernest Archibald Taylor (1874-1951) Scottish furniture designer
* Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) American engineer
* Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886-1975) English physicist
* Henry Taylor (1800-1886) English poet
* Isaac Taylor (1829-1901) English philologist
* Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) English theologian
* John Taylor (1580-1653) English poet
* John Edward Taylor (1791-1844) English journalist
* John Henry Taylor (1871-1963) English golfer
* Nathaniel William Taylor (1786-1858) American theologian
* Paul Taylor (1930-) American modern dance choreographer
* Peter Hillsman Taylor (1917-) American short story writer
* Rowland Taylor (d. 1555) English Protestant martyr
* Thomas Taylor (1758-1835) English scholar
* Tom Taylor (1817-1880) Scottish dramatist
* William Taylor (1765-1836) English author
* William Howson Taylor (1876-1935) English potter
* Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) American 12th American President
* Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) English divine
* Deems Taylor (1885-1966) American composer
* Robert Taylor actor
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